April 7, 2015 edition

STANDING before 500 employees of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Taufiequrachman Ruki presented his plan to assess the commission's independent investigators. This was during a closed-door meeting held on the first Tuesday in March.
The acting KPK Chairman Ruki claimed he had consulted the head of the KPK Legal Affairs Bureau, Chatarina Girsang, about the legal basis of appointing independent investigators. "My question to Ibu Chatarina was whether there were any commission rules or government regulation concerning the appointment of KPK investigators. She said there were none," said Ruki, in a recording of the meeting that Tempo obtained.

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January 1, 1970 edition

After meeting with several members of the Legal Affairs Commission in the House of Representatives (DPR) in South Jakarta, two weeks ago, acting National Police chief Comr. Gen. Badrodin Haiti felt upbeat. "They have no problem with me," he told Tempo on Friday last week.

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January 1, 1970 edition

THE scanner that doubles as a 3D printer lies untouched in the warehouse of State Senior High School (SMA) 95 in Kalideres, West Jakarta. About the size of a photocopy machine, the printer looks brand-new. Indeed, it has never been used.

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January 1, 1970 edition

Stepping into the small, 3x4 meter lobby on the second floor of the Indonesian Grassroots Movement's (GMBI) office on Jalan Dalem Kaum in Bandung, West Java, brings one face-to-face with three very different objects: a sculpture, a striped tiger skin and a cleaver.
"I'm not a righteous man, but am trying to be good," GMBI Chairman Mohamad Fauzan Rachman mused in a heavy Sundanese accent before joining Tempo for lunch at a roadside stall next to the office. He is the founder and regional chairman for the GMBI's West Java branch, and also chairman of the field network. Every GMBI member who were passing by stopped to kiss his hand.

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January 1, 1970 edition

To President Joko Widodo, Solo is more than just a hometown. Last week he chose the Central Java city as the place to announce the withdrawal of Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan's nomination as police chief. Jokowi held no special ceremony to mark the occasion, just stood in front of the Diamond Convention Center building after attending the People's Conscience (Hanura) Party's national conference and greeted the dozens of reporters who had been waiting for him.

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January 1, 1970 edition

On Tuesday last week, the leaders of the pro-government coalition of political parties were summoned to a meeting with President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo. The politicians arrived at Merdeka Palace, the president's official residence. They had just come away from a gathering at the house of Megawati Soekarnoputri, chair of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), in Menteng, Central Jakarta.
Of the party leaders, only National Democrat (NasDem) Party chief Surya Paloh was absent. Surya's secretary-general, Patrice Rio Capella, attended in his place. "Pak Surya is abroad," Patrice said.

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January 1, 1970 edition

Sjarifuddin Hasan and Rambe Kamarulzaman met unexpectedly in front of the elevator door. Smiling to each other, the two politicians entered but did not say a word. Then someone broke the silence by asking after the Democrat Party's stance on the revision of the Regional Elections Law. The question in the elevator of the Senayan legislative complex in Jakarta last week caused Sjarifuddin, the party's executive chairman, to be at a loss for words.

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